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Heck Yes, Jessica Day: New Girl's Great Tribute to Being Alone

Once in a while, Jess on New Girl does something so brilliantly relatable, I could swear she stole it right out of my brain. Or, as I like to refer to it, she does something that makes you go "Heck yes, Jessica Day!" (Tumblr's "f— yeah" M.O. just strikes me as a little crude for her.)

Last night's episode contained just such a moment: After maybe-prematurely moving into Nick's room, Jess takes the opportunity of a free hotel room to get some much-needed space (and plushy robe time). Does she have to lie to get there? Yes. Would Nick seize up with unnecessary fear if there happened to be a report about a field-trip bus catching fire in Sacramento? Yes, and that's a concern. Was it still worth it? Absolutely! I mean, just look how happy she is:

"I'M ALOOOOOONE!"

Get it, girl. Sometimes a lady just needs a place of her own, far away from her mounting laundry pile and her long-shirt-clad significant other. (By the way, while we were watching that scene, my husband casually pointed out that he slept in something just like that when he was nine—except his had a cheetah on it. Just sit with that for a second.) Also, there's nothing so close to my heart as a girl who can't help but show her affection for a hotel's amenities. Room service? Heck yes, Jessica Day. Champagne? Heck yes, Jessica Day! A tasteful, plot-driven adult movie set in the Byzantine era? Can't say I've been there, but what the heck—heck yes, Jessica Day!

New Girl has become such an ensemble powerhouse (we didn't brand it the new Friends for nothin') that sometimes I forget it also contains one of the funniest, most universally appealing female protagonists on TV. It's those HYJD moments that make us remember it.

What Jess stuff do you totally relate to—or which female TV character reminds you the most of yourself?

Photos: FOX

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Megan AngeloEntertainment writer. I love talking about TV so much, you'll eventually back slowly away from me at a party.